Advocates and businesses joined lawmakers today in support of letter sent to FCC’s Wheeler   Washington (July 15, 2014) – As the comment period comes to a close for the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) proposed rulemaking on its Open Internet order, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and eleven Senate Democrats are... Read More

Washington (July 14, 2014) – With the public comment period ending tomorrow on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed rulemaking on net neutrality, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Al Franken (D-Minn.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) will hold a press conference on net neutrality and the need to protect... Read More

Washington (July 11, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after today’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Open Commission Meeting. At the meeting, the FCC took action on E-Rate program modernization and closed captioning of... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, and Representatives Richard Neal, Jim McGovern, Stephen Lynch and Bill Keating announced today that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded a total of $1,368,830 in grants to five Massachusetts fire departments through the Assistance to Firefighters... Read More

Markey Statement on Hamas Attacks on Israel   Washington (July 9, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement today about the recent rocket attacks on Israel.    “I strongly condemn the use of rocket fire by Hamas to deliberately target and... Read More

Washington (July 9, 2014)—  In response to the damaging Hobby Lobby ruling from the Supreme Court, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) co-sponsored legislation introduced today by Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Mark Udall (D-Colo.) to restore the contraceptive coverage requirement guaranteed by the Affordable Care Act and... Read More

Legislation includes provisions to protect men and women who work in factories where food containers are made and packed; endorsed by major national unions and environmental health groups   Washington (July 9, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representatives Lois Capps (D-Calif.) and Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) today introduced... Read More

Senators want FCC Chairman to modify proposals that could jeopardize program’s success   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller, IV, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Senator Edward Markey (D-MA), member of the Senate Commerce Committee, this week voiced serious concerns... Read More

Washington (July 8, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today after the Washington Post posted an internal European Union trade document calling for a legally binding rule in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership requiring the United States to automatically approve all exports of natural... Read More

Laboratory developed tests increasingly used to help diagnose conditions such as Lyme disease and cancer, and determine treatments   Washington (July 2, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) was joined today by Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) in... Read More

In wake of GM recall, Senators introduced legislation to increase transparency and earlier reporting of auto defects   Washington (July 2, 2014) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today sent a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) requesting information about compliance... Read More

Sheriff Ashe honored at White House ceremony for extraordinary work to facilitate employment opportunities for individuals formerly involved in the justice system   Washington (June 30, 2014) – Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren, Congressman Richard A. Neal and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick congratulated Hampden County... Read More

Washington (June 30, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today after the Supreme Court ruled that for-profit “closely held” corporations with religious objections have the right to deny providing contraception coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Birth control is basic health care for... Read More

Joined by Sens. Franken, Klobuchar, Blumenthal, & Booker and Reps. Waxman & Eshoo in letter to FCC Washington (June 27, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman Mike Doyle (D-Penn.) today led a bicameral group of Democrats in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) urging it to use its authority to... Read More

Washington (June 26, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today after the Supreme Court struck down a buffer zone law around abortion clinics, ruling a Massachusetts law unconstitutionally limits speech. In 1994, a gunman killed two people and wounded five others at two abortion clinics in... Read More

DISCLOSE Act of 2014 will help correct flood of secret money created by Citizens United decision Washington (June 25, 2014) – With the Koch Brothers and many others spending untold millions to influence this year’s elections, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and other Senate Democrats to... Read More

Washington (June 25, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after the Supreme Court released its unanimous ruling that law enforcement must get a warrant before searching the mobile phone or other personal electronic device of an arrested... Read More

WASHINGTON (June 24, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today strongly disagreed with the reported decision by the Commerce Department to allow the export of some ultra-light crude oil, otherwise known as condensates, as was first reported in the Wall Street Journal. The ban on crude oil exports was put in place by Congress in the... Read More

Legislation will support 50 million people receiving access to electricity for the first time in sub-Saharan Africa Washington, DC – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Ranking Member Bob Corker (R-TN), along with Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Mike Johanns... Read More

Lawmaker introduced International Human Rights Defense Act with 24 Senators to affirm LGBT human rights is a U.S. foreign policy priority Washington (June 19, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, released the following statement today... Read More